I arrive at the glade looking for something undefined. Stillness, singularity, enervation - but something more, something I can't carry away from the glade. I scale a large rock at the edge of the waterfall- fed pool and sit, expectantly. The music of the waterfall fills me, and my yearning slowly melts away. I rise to leave, accepting that oneness with the waterfall will be all that I achieve today. As I turn to step down, I realize you have arrived, gliding through the glade, moving to your own private music.
I have seen you here before, but the dance was not with you then. Without consideration, I sit again on the rock, now facing into the silent, sun-speckled glade. There is something true about your dance and when I can stand apart no longer, I rise and move toward the center, intent on discovering if our truths match.
Without a glance at me, you intercept my path. I raise a hand to get your attention, but you glide past me, then around behind. I stand there, awaiting your return, when suddenly my hand is netted by yours in flight.
You move me.
I follow your lead, then catch up, our bodies locking together for a moment as you pause, then separating again when you continue. I am enraptured by the scent of your shoulder-length hair. Our dance continues until we have learned to anticipate one another.
Once we are moving in tandem, you lead us to the water's edge, then deftly slip the sundress from your body, and insert it in a canvas bag you had left there in the soft grass. As I struggle to remove my more abundant clothing, you give me a kiss of invitation, then dive into the water. The water chuckles in delight at its good fortune, then is silent.
I enter the water and swim toward you, only to see you disappear beneath the surface on my approach. I follow underwater, your lithe shape flowing ahead of me toward the chaos beneath the waterfall. You slip under, then I. The pounding water massages the length of our bodies, jarring muscles into releasing their tension.
We emerge in a small cave, immersed in the tinny hissing of the curtain of water separating us from the outside world. You slide effortlessly up to a mossy ledge and I slide up alongside you, facing one another on our sides, our bodies carving a dual groove into the downy moss. I start to ask your name, but choose not to break the silence. I will learn what you offer now, then learn more later β¦ after. Without discussion, our lips meet and hands come to rest lightly on each othersβ sides, caressing gently as our lips meet, parted, exploring tentatively, then eagerly. Lips brush against each other, part, embrace, then move again. Our mouths open; our tongues dance together between our parted lips. My hand moves to your back and draws you in closer to me, our bodies beginning to merge together, soft parts and hard. I can feel you undulating alongside of me, the slow tremors of new passion rippling through both of us. Your hand slips down and the thumb grazes my nipple β and I gasp. Our eyes open simultaneously, look deeply at one another, then with a tiny squint of playful intent, I feel your thumb return and begin drawing slow circles on my hardened nipple.